Vehicle wheel



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VEHICLE WHEEL.

No. 275,120. r Patented ApInB, 1883.

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VEHICLE WHEEL. No..275,120. Paten'gd Apr. 3,1883.

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LUDWIGBERNET AND FRANK BERNET, OF BINQEN, GERMANY.

VEHICLE-WHEEL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 275,120, dated April 8, 1883.

Application filed February 13, 1883.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, LUDWIG BERNET and FRANK BERNET, citizens of Germany, residing at Bingen on the Rhine, Germany, have invented new and useful Improvements in Wheels, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a novel construction of the hub for wheels of wagons and other vehicles which combines the hub and the'axlebox, and the peculiar and novel construction of ,which is pointed out in the following specification, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 represents a face View of a wheel constructed according to our invention. Fig. 2 is a vertical section of the same in the plane as m, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the hub detached on a larger scale than the previous figures. Fig. 4 is alongitndinal section of the same. Fig. 5 is a transverse section in the plane 3 3 Fig. 4. Fig. 6 is a face view of the nut which retains the axle in the box. 4

Similar letters indicate corresponding parts.

In these drawings, the letter A designates the axle-box, which is provided with an oilchamber, a, and with a shoulder, b, corresponding to the collar of the axle B. Between the collar 0 and the shoulder 12 is-placed a washer, d, of leather or other suitable material. The front end of the axle is provided with a screw-nipple, e, on which is fitted the nut G, which enters a cavity, f, in the front end of the axle-box, and the inner edge of g of the nut and prevents the same from turning. hen it is desired to tighten up the axle in its box the keyis taken out and the nut G is turned round one-sixth, more or less, of a revolution, when it is againlocked in position by inserting the key. When the axle-box is (Nomodeh) Patented in Germany November 30, 1882, No. 3,508.

screwed up the spokes are firmly tightened, 1

said clamping-ring being retained in the required position by the lock-nut 1.

Into the open end of the lock-nut is fitted the screw-cap E, which serves to close the axlebox, and which projects inward far enough to retain the key It in position. (See Fig. 4.)

By these means a wheel is obtained the spokes of which can be readily removed and reinserted, and the axle of which can be kept tight in its box, while the entrance of dust into the axle-box is efi'ectually prevented.

What we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is--- l. The combination, substantially as hereinbefore described, ot'the axle-box A, the washer b, placed between the collar of the axle and the shoulder of the axle-box, the nutO, secured on the screw-nipple of the axle and fitting a cavity,f, in the outer end of the axle-box, the radial grooves gin the face of the nut, and the key h.

2. The combination, substantially as hereinbefore described, of the axle-box A, the flange t, the clamping-ring Ir, the lock-nut l, the axle B, the nut O, the key h, and the screw-cap E for closing the axle-box and retaining the key 72. in position.

In testimony whereof we have hereunto set our hands and seals in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

LUDWIG BERNET. [L. FRANK BERNET. [L. s.] Witnesses:

HERM. BRADLEY, FRIT BRADLEY. 

